by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday hosted the first meeting of Nigeria’s new Eminent Persons Group (EPG). The newly formed group of influential global leaders will advise the President on actions to help achieve Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda as well as provide a global platform for encouraging investment in Nigeria’s growing agricultural sector.... Read More

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January 22, 2013

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Press Release: Agriculture will create 3.5m new jobs by 2015 – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland that his Administration has embarked on bold policy and institutional reforms aimed at adding 20 million metric ones of food to domestic supply and creating at least 3.5 million new jobs in agriculture and allied industries by 2015. Speaking at the formal opening of a meeting... Read More

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January 7, 2013

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Abacha’s son, Abba, still on criminal trial in Switzerland – Swiss ambassador

by Akan Ido Switzerland is battling hard to shake-off the image of the go-to country hiding looted funds. Several dictators, including Nigeria’s former president, Sani Abacha laundered public funds into Swiss vaults during their tenure in government. In this Punch Newspapers interview, Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Hans Rudolf Hodel, talked about the ongoing trial... Read More

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January 3, 2013

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Like a virgin: Madonna falls flat while skiing in Switzerland (SNAPSHOT)

Like a virgin? A skiing virgin, that is. While vacationing in the resort town of Gstaad, Switzerland, for New Year’s, Madonna was caught taking several falls during her skiing attempt in the Swiss Alps. The New York Daily News reports that the 54-year-old singer, dressed in all black, landed facedown as her 25-year-old boyfriend Brahim... Read More

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October 29, 2012

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Opinion: Don’t look for it in the crowd, you won’t find it there!

by Chinonso Ogbogu Well, unfortunately, it has become fashionable that a person who tries to stand out from the crowd in his field of endeavour would eventually be labeled ‘ITK’ by those around him. When the figures of the last national census conducted in 2006 were released, it dawned on us that we were the... Read More

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August 6, 2012

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We have since returned the $500m Abacha loot – Swiss envoy

by Isi Esene The outgoing Swiss ambassador to Nigeria yesterday revealed that its government has returned $500m loot stolen by late military dictator, General Sani Abacha and stashed in banks in the European country. Ambassador Andreas Baum, whose tenure ends this month after four years of service in Nigeria, however, said that the money allegedly... Read More

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Going green: Jonathan hosts Eminent Persons Group on Agric. in Geneva (PHOTOS)

Press Release: Agriculture will create 3.5m new jobs by 2015 – President Jonathan

Abacha’s son, Abba, still on criminal trial in Switzerland – Swiss ambassador

Like a virgin: Madonna falls flat while skiing in Switzerland (SNAPSHOT)

Opinion: Don’t look for it in the crowd, you won’t find it there!

We have since returned the $500m Abacha loot – Swiss envoy

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